Transaction in Own Shares
Shell announced a transaction in its own shares on July 11, 2024. The company repurchased a total of 2,790,421 shares across various trading platforms, forming part of its previously announced buy-back program. The shares were bought at different prices, with the highest at £28.42 and the lowest at £28.0550 on the London Stock Exchange. Other platforms included Chi-X, BATS, XAMS, CBOE DXE, and TQEX. This buy-back program, managed by BNP PARIBAS Financial Markets SNC, is in accordance with Chapter 12 of the Listing Rules and Article 5 of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) as adapted into UK law post-Brexit.
- Shell repurchased 2,790,421 shares, indicating strong financial health and commitment to returning value to shareholders.
- The share buy-back program was executed at competitive prices, with a volume-weighted average price ranging from £28.1942 to €33.6950.
- None.
Transaction in Own Shares
11 July, 2024
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Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 11 July, 2024 it purchased the following number of Shares for cancellation.
Aggregated information on Shares purchased according to trading venue:
Date of purchase | Number of Shares purchased | Highest price paid | Lowest price paid | Volume weighted average price paid per share | Venue | Currency |
11/07/2024 | 1,481,283 | LSE | GBP | |||
11/07/2024 | 171,491 | Chi-X (CXE) | GBP | |||
11/07/2024 | 102,647 | BATS (BXE) | GBP | |||
11/07/2024 | 738,868 | XAMS | EUR | |||
11/07/2024 | 243,352 | CBOE DXE | EUR | |||
11/07/2024 | 52,780 | TQEX | EUR |
These share purchases form part of the on- and off-market limbs of the Company's existing share buy-back programme previously announced on 2 May 2024.
In respect of this programme, BNP PARIBAS Financial Markets SNC will make trading decisions in relation to the securities independently of the Company for a period from 2 May 2024 up to and including 26 July 2024.
The on-market limb will be effected within certain pre-set parameters and in accordance with the Company’s general authority to repurchase shares on-market. The off-market limb will be effected in accordance with the Company’s general authority to repurchase shares off-market pursuant to the off-market buyback contract approved by its shareholders and the pre-set parameters set out therein. The programme will be conducted in accordance with Chapter 12 of the Listing Rules and Article 5 of the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU dealing with buy-back programmes (“EU MAR”) and EU MAR as “onshored” into UK law from the end of the Brexit transition period (at 11:00 pm on 31 December 2020) through the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020), and as amended, supplemented, restated, novated, substituted or replaced by the Financial Services Act, 2021 and relevant statutory instruments (including, The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (SI 2019/310)), from time to time (“UK MAR”) and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 (the “EU MAR Delegated Regulation”) and the EU MAR Delegated Regulation as “onshored” into UK law from the end of the Brexit transition period (at 11:00 pm on 31 December 2020) through the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020), and as amended, supplemented, restated, novated, substituted or replaced by the Financial Services Act, 2021 and relevant statutory instruments (including, The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (SI 2019/310)), from time to time.
In accordance with EU MAR and UK MAR, a breakdown of the individual trades made by BNP PARIBAS Financial Markets SNC on behalf of the Company as a part of the buy-back programme is detailed below.
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LEI number of Shell plc: 21380068P1DRHMJ8KU70
Classification: Acquisition or disposal of the issuer’s own shares
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